Puzzle.



J.. F. COLLINS.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED MABH, 1909.

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Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'oEEroE JOI-IN F. COLLINS, 0F PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

PUZZLE.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN F. COLLINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and amusing Puzzle, of whichthe following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a. new and amusing puzzle, and has for itsobject to provide a puzzle whereby diierent balls are to be caused toroll into different compartments without touching the balls with thehands, and this puzzle will not only require skill but also a greatamount of steadiness of the hand.

IVith these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspeciiically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a plan view of the puzzle; Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2of Fig.. l; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 8 of Fig. l.

This puzzle consists of a preferably square opeirtop box A, made ofpasteboard or any other suitable material, and in each corner of the boxare formed inclosures B, and these inclosures are formed by bending astrip C of pasteboard or the like, and securing the ends to the insideof the upright sides of the box. These strips C are the same height asthe sides of the box and have openings D formed therethrough. The bottomof each of the inclosures bears letters spelling a color different fromthat of the others, or each may be differently colored from the others.

E are balls or marbles, eight in number, and arranged in pairs, eachpair colored a different color to correspond with the colors of theinclosures B.

The object of theI game is to have all the balls or marbles iirstoutside of the inclo- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 14,1909, Application filed March 5, 1909.

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sures, and then by manipulating and tilting the box A to cause themarbles to all enter the inclosures colored or lettered to correspond tothe color of the marbles, thus when the. puzzle is solved there will betwo marbles in each inclosure of the same color as the inclosure, as forinstance, the pink marbles or balls will be in the pink compartment, thegreen in the green compartment, etc.

F represent other strips of pasteboard or like material which are bentaround one or more of the inolosures, as shown in Fig. l, and secured tothe sides of the box, the same as the strips C. These strips F also haveopenings G formed therethrough, through which the balls or marbles mayroll, and these additional strips F are only for the purpose of makingit harder to solve the puzzle, and may be arranged in each corne-r ofthe box or only around one or two inclosures, as desired.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction hereshown, as slight modiiications could be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim, is

An open top rectangular box, strips, one bent at each corner and securedto the sides of the box so as to form inclosures, said strips eachprovided with an opening facing' the central portion of the box, saidinclosures distinguished from each other by color designations,additional strips bent around one of the inclosures, said additionalstrips each provided with an opening facing said central portion, pairsof balls or marbles, each pair being' colored alike and coloreddifferently trom the other pairs, the respective colors corresponding tothe color designations of the inclosures, as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aiiixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J CHN F. COLLINS.

Vitnesses t WV. I-I. ANDREWS, ANDREW l/VRIGHT.

